To Win Her Favor
Tamera Alexander
Zondervan, May 12 2015, $15.99
ISBN: 9780310291077
In 1869 Nashville, horsewoman Maggie Linden knows the impact the
war has had on her family’s finances especially the threat to Lindon
Downs. Her hope to save their spread
from the Tax and Title Office resides in her three years old filly Bourbon
Belle winning the inaugural Peyton Stakes.
Affluent Irishman Cullen McGrath left London in disgrace after a
horseracing scandal. He comes to
Tennessee hoping to start over though he knows his nationality makes him a
pariah amongst the locals, even the fallen, gentry. When an ailing former “aristocrat” offers his
daughter in marriage in exchange for saving Lindon Downs, Cullen accepts the
deal to wed Maggie as a quick means to some respectability. Though she preferred to say no, Maggie honors
her father and marries money. The
newlyweds immediately face a major crisis threatening their relationship; he
vowed never to get involved with horseracing again, while she vowed to run her
thoroughbred in the upcoming race.
The second Belle Meade Plantation homage (see To Whisper Her Name)
is an insightful post-Civil War era that brings to life the upheaval of
Southerners at a time when race and social status remain the last bedrocks of
those who lost their place at the top of the economic food chain. The interesting marriage of convenience
romance engages the audience as trust becomes a critical issue between the
protagonists; but it is the profound look at the South that grips historical
readers.
Harriet Klausner
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